Such an excellent post until you came to that absurd and tried-and-failed conclusion.
Posted on 06/07/2013 8:39:41 AM PDT by Jacquerie
17th Amendment ping!
Thanks!
Is that why I feel less and less functional/competent every year?
Such an excellent post until you came to that absurd and tried-and-failed conclusion.
Does this person make anti-17th vanities on a weekly basis? Jeez.
Thinking it’s a good idea is one thing but pimping it this hard? I just don’t get it.
Hello boys.
What have Republicans recently done for our republic? Where is your nonsense about corrupt state assemblymen?
Yeah, this person knows the Framers got it right.
With passage of the 17th, I question the need to even have a senate.
This is a serious question that I’m asking.
What is the purpose of the senate, now?
Mark Levin recently asked the same question. He didn't know. Maybe tweedledee or tweedledummer have the answer.
Good afternoon, Jacqx.
What have Democrats done for our republic ? Better, yet... why do you want to permanently gift them 40 or more seats ?
Given that they didn’t live 100 years to see what the body became, that’s a conclusion you can’t make. Fortunately, that’s why the framers gave us amendments to change what WASN’T working.
That’s a disingenuous and stupid question.
I have posted about eight vanities that looked at why the framers divided power between the states and feds, what federalists and anti-federalists had to say about government, and the ramifications of the 17th. I won't repeat any of it.
Tell me how the 17th better secured our liberty.
What is stupid about asking the purpose of the Senate? The 17th made it a redundant, popularly derived institution, but of a dangerous six year term for members rather than two. A political Frankenstein.
Eight vanities ? It seems like you and your crew trot this non-starter out at least weekly. We’ve debated this subject endlessly. Personally, I wish the Senate could function exactly as the framers envisioned (and as you do), but in practice, it didn’t work that way. They didn’t jealously protect the 10th amendment as they should’ve, and descended into a corrupt and unaccountable institution. Repealing the 17th won’t magically restore that body into something it never really was.
“...That’s a disingenuous and stupid question...”
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The question was neither disingenuous nor stupid.
Have you no answer?
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